r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

Weekly Politics Thread

Please post all your Politics or Ban-related ideas, initiatives, comments, suggestions, news articles, and recommendations in this thread. Unless new information is published in the media, recurring articles related to the gov'ts ***possible*** legislation are to be posted here. These threads will be weekly, until it's necessary for another per-week.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

this isn't a bad assessment of the current situation in Canada.

The garbage takes I regularly see here in the weekly politics thread and other posts are the objections to the existing gun control system. Like the OIC, magazine restrictions, prohib listings.

The majority of participants in the politics thread advocate removing the controls because it's inconvenient for legal shooters. Or outright calls for carry permits and shooting ppl for property defense.

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u/pissing_noises May 26 '22

The OIC, magazine restrictions, and prohibited listings, do nothing to affect crime.

You should be able to apply for an ATC to protect yourself, and get one.

You can hold all these views and still think this event is tragic.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

well here's a garbage take. Gun control does nothing to prevent gun crime? That's poorly reasoned. Of course it doesn't prevent all gun-involved crime. There would be MORE gun-involved crime with LESS gun controls like prohibs and magazine restrictions.

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u/pissing_noises May 26 '22

Yeah you know what, the only thing stopping me from going on a spree is the fact my mags are pinned and that my handgun barrel is too long. Someone should hand out ten round magazines to gangs so they will resist the urge to shoot each other.